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Islamisation – the price of Democracy?

by Hugh on December 14, 2011 in Current Affairs with No comments
Democracy?

What price is worth paying for Democracy?

Large defence budgets? UK troops killed in foreign lands? The inevitable civil wars? These seem a high cost enough, considering it’s not exactly a political system that we’re all entirely thrilled with!

But what if the cost was religious freedom? You don’t have to be religious to believe in religious freedom, in fact in most places where there’s little freedom of religion there’s no room for Atheism either… you’ll have to go Communist for that. Continue reading →

Healing – but when?

by Hugh on December 13, 2011 in Faith with No comments
Healing?

This Sunday I preached at a local church on Isaiah 35. There’s loads of imagery of restoration, healing, salvation in there. I tried to explain a three stage fulfillment of these verses, namely;

  • Historical – in Isaiah’s day
  • Christological – in Jesus’ day
  • Eschatological – on the final day

Plus, the tension we live in now. Experienceing some fulfilment now through Christ but how ultimately these verses aren’t fulfiled till the New Heavens and the New Earth. Anyway, a lady in the congregation who was big into healing asked me:

…if we believe are sins are forgiven now, why should we not think we are healed now (with a view to Isaiah 53:5)? Continue reading →

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